What some thought was an ordinary car theft in Portland turned out to be much more when a woman’s once-missing car is returned to her with a note and some cash.

Erin Hatzi’s surveillance cameras captured a woman walking up to Hatzi’s red Subaru, getting in and driving off a few minutes later, NBC affiliate KGW reported.

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"We were really confused, because it didn’t seem like the normal actions of a car thief," Hatzi said. "You wouldn’t think they’d sit there in idle in the owner’s driveway for two or three minutes."

Hatzi filed a police report, but it turns out, no thief was responsible for taking her car.

Hatzi’s husband was taking out the garbage Wednesday afternoon when a police officer had a woman stopped outside of the couple’s home.

The woman got out of a red Subaru and left a note and cash inside.

The note explained that she had asked her friend to pick up her red Subaru as a favor, but ended up driving off with the wrong car. Hatzi posted a picture of the note on Facebook, which reads, in part:

"Hello, So sorry I stole your car. I sent my friend with my key to pick up my red Subaru ... and she came back with your car. I did not see the car until this morning and I said, ’That is not my car.’ There is some cash for gas and I apologize for the shock and upset this must have caused you."

Older model Subaru keys sometimes work in different car, according to police.

Hatzi said that everyone involved parted ways happily.

"It’s insane," Hatzi said. "It’s like a bad sitcom that nobody would ever buy the story, because it’s stupid, and it makes no sense. But it happened."